“Tek, tek, tek, tek…” Yeah, you know the track! This month’s Bosphorus Underground interview sees us talking to one of the leading lights in the minimal scene and proponent of the burgeoning fakmetal genre, Chris Lawyer. Read on as Chris gives us some insight into his journey into minimal, …
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Tags: Bosphorus Underground, chris lawyer, do the lawyer, Fakmetal, Go Gurl, Hungary, Love Potion, Pacha, Right On Time, Sasa Savic, The Plum, Thomy, Ton Def, we gonna feel it
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Not quite Mayfair and not quite Shoreditch, Pacha’s London outpost inhabits a strange alternative that’s nestled somewhere in between both. So, while the music policy has become arguably less watered down in recent times, the crowd’s penchant for all things high-end is still very much intact.
Indeed, it the freezing …
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Tags: Dale Howard, Death on the Balcony, Pacha London, Rebel, Resonance Records
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It’s hard not to have your attention piqued when a press release arrives in your inbox describing a “hedonistic week of underground electronic music,” let alone one that goes on to reveal that said week is taking place against the breathtaking backdrop of the Pirin mountains in Southern Bulgaria. Well, …
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Tags: Alex Arnout, Bulgaria, Dark Sky, DMZ, Horizon, Jackmaster, loefah, march, numbers, ski
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A hybrid of hip hop, grime and bass music, trap is now the new favourite genre of any hipster worth their weight in snapbacks – and I’m proud to say that I pledge my allegiance to the Trap Flag.
It’s just as likely to make you slut-drop to the ground …
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Tags: 2013, Annie Mac, Baauer, Best of Trap, Boiler Room, dj sliink, Dum Dum, Flood, Flosstradamus, Flying Lotus, GBH, Gucci Mane, Higher Ground, Hudson Mohawke, kanye west, liverpool, Lunice, Machinedrum, Melé, Mercy, RL Grime, Salva, Satin Panthers, Shlohmo, Test Me, Thunder Bay, tnght, trap, Trap House, Trap on Acid
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We first clocked on to Roses Gabor last year when SBTRKT released his much lauded debut album. Roses featured on one of the stand out tracks, ‘Pharoahs’ – her husky, playfully lush vocals had us hooked, so when she released a mixtape on her Soundcloud at the start …
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Tags: Bobby Womack, dare, Gorillaz, Little Dragon, Mixtape, notion magazine issue 61, pharoahs, Redlight, Roses Gabor, SBTRKT, Seiji, Soundcloud, stars, stupid
Posted in Bass, Interviews, Introducing, Mixtape, MPFrees, New Age, Notion Magazine Features, Pop, producer, Singer Songwriter, Singles, Soul, Uncategorized, urban, Videos | No Comments »
Smiler is a staple player in the UK hip hop scene, having started dabbling in music around 2005. His inspiring amounts of ambition and articulacy (demonstrated in this Freshly Squeezed interview) make him incredibly likable unlike other artists he’s likely to be clumped with (e.g. Example, Pro Green). His single from …
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Tags: 1xtra, bigz, Example, freshly squeezed, ill manors, lana del rey, plan b, pro green, Professor Green, sbtv, smiler, top of the world, Wretch 32
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We first came across King Krule (namesake of Archy Marshall) last year and were totally shocked into amazement. His deep bass voice mixed with experimental sombre production, combined with the knowledge that he’s seventeen and the visual of his ghostly, skeletal frame with fiery red hair, is a stunning series …
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Tags: archy marshall, bbc sound of 2013, fiery red hair, Ghostly, king krule, production, Real Estate, teengirl fantasy, true panther, ty segall
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We like to think ourselves as early adopters here at PlanetNotion. That’s marketing speak for people who know about cool shit before you do, so we can let you know if and when it’s gonna blow up as soon as possible.
Amplify Dot is a female MC we think will …
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Tags: amplify dot, Baby Blue, dizzee, download, early adopters, facebook page, female mc, Kano, Ms Dynamite, Mz Bratt, planetnotion, rock the mic, spare parts mixtape, uk female allstars, virgin emu
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It’s been pretty hard to ignore the ruckus being caused by 21 year-old rap queen Angel Haze in 2012. In the past six months alone, she’s released two mixtapes – July’s Reservation and October’sClassick – both of which already seem to be becoming staples of end-of-year lists all over …
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Tags: angel haze, angelhazemusic.com, classick, nme, Pitchfork, psy, reservation, The Guardian
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AlunaGeorge have been around for a couple of years now, but since they were picked up by Island Records earlier in 2012 people have been paying more attention to their original take on modern RnB. Thanks to George’s bloody awesome production skills and Aluna’s unique, otherworldly vocals, the duo have …
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Tags: alunageorge, company, Island records, Jessie Ware, Kindness, nowness, R'n'B, radio one
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